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Show I AN ADYB9INMN SHRIND. I One Da.llralr.l la Ilia llrtln Jlary In Mrnrlrk'a Dominion,. Dr Koettlltt, who accompanied Mr Wcld-Illumdell and I.ord Lovat In their recent expedition to Negus Men-elek's Men-elek's country made a Journey to Zu-quala, Zu-quala, the famous sacred mountain, which, he believed, wna never before vlsifltexl by an nngllshmnn Ills de tcrlptlon ot the trip Is reptlnttd from tho Ixindon limes Mount ZuquaN, tho in)sterloua sacred mountain of Abynglnlnns Is forty miles from the capital It Is 10 000 feet high, nnd In the form of a truncated cone At Its summit nnd In tho crater Is a remarkable remark-able lake 3 I of n inllo long which Is a lorltnblo Aliysulnlan Ijurdps or Tool ot Slloam It is the belief of the im-tltes im-tltes that bathing In Its waters will cure all diseases Close by aro some springs dedicated to the Virgin Mary According to tho popular Idea barren women unci only drink of these fountains foun-tains to lose their sterlllt) Tho waters wa-ters nre regirded with tho greatest worship nnd must on no account bo cmplotcd for cooking or any other useful purpose I saw qtilto a number of diseased creatures round tho lake shore crawling nbotit or being carried on litters The whole mountain both sides nnd tho crater Is densely wooded The place Is atudded ccry-whero ccry-whero with hermits' huts, each ot which Is inhabited by holy men, who llvo nepirnto lles of extreme austerity. auster-ity. Also, hidden nnny In tbu forests, for-ests, nre n large, number ot churches I got Into tho good graces ot tho hermits by aomcwhnt curious means I was being shown oer nno ot the churches, which nro plentifully adorned adorn-ed with cheap colored lllbllcal pictures, pic-tures, made In Oirmnny, when n priest with great nw. drew my attcntlun to a gaud) representation of Bt Ocorgo nnd tho dragon I cndonwircd to ex-pliln ex-pliln that Ht (Icorgo Has tho Ilrltlsh as well n tho Al)ylnlan patron saint, but the good men were ery dubious until I hit upon tho Idea ot producing a sovereign T'lls at onco convinced hi in of the truth ot my statement, and proved to their complclo satisfaction tint I was a Christian of n very high order Tho whole mountain Is curious curi-ous in tho extreme I was shown ono trco with thrco trunks united nt tho case, which Is regarded ns an emblem of tho Trinity mid Is hung with human hair and nil sorts of trinkets There nre, too, curious crannies between tlio perpendicular rocks, through which It Is nn net of doutlon to squeeze oneself one-self Tho sides ot these apertures aro highly polished and covered with grenso by reason of tho religious activity ac-tivity ot diseased pilgrims" |